Congrats!

 

The Color Throwdown is celebrating their 100th challenge with a huge party and a long list of fabulous prizes!   Here's my card for this challenge:

            

Congrats, Color Throwdown!

My DP had all the colors I needed but I didn't want to rely on that alone so I hunted high and low for the right embellie.  Everything was too big until I saw these cute little rub-on images.  The flower and leaves were the right colors but the bird was clear.  I colored it pinkish and wahlah, I had the color combo! 

What's that?  My little birdie just told me she wants some attention, too!   She wants to be entered in the Charisma Cardz Challenge, Week 27 - Watch the Birdie, so there she flew!

The recipe:

Stamp:  Tiddly Inks Digi, Send Me A Sign Bugg

Paper:  Basic Grey, Lollipop Shoppe

Ink:  Copic Markers, Distress Ink

Other:  Nestabilities; Rub-On sentiment, flower and bird; Ribbon; Pop Dots

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful weekend!

Criss-Cross Pocket Card

Hello friends!  Hope you had a fabulous 4th of July weekend.

I always wanted to make a criss-cross pocket card and since this was the challenge at Just Magnolia Challenge Blog, it was the perfect time to give it a try.   See Jeanette's video here for the details.

The Nestabilities die cut was extended off the top edge so the insert could be pulled out easily.  

The sentiment on the pocket is a stamp and the sentiment on the insert is a rub on.  Opps, just noticed the font is different.  :(    oh well....  The CS for the insert looked too plain so I got a border stamp and stamped the edges with the VersaMark watermark ink.  It came out darker than I wanted--another, oh well... lol    The leaves were originally green but the color was too contrasting so I changed it by using mauve mulberry paper instead.   

The challenges
Just Magnolia Challenge Blog - Week 62, Criss-Cross Card

Creative Card Crew Challenge - To Die For Challenge

The recipe:

Stamp:  Magnolia, Whiff of Joy

Paper:  My Mind's Eye, Lush

Ink:  Memento, VersaMark, Copic Markers

Tools:  Nestabilities Labels Ten, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch,  Leaf Punch--?

Other:  Prima flowers,  adhesive pearls, pop dots, rub on

Hope you're having a great week.  Thanks for looking!

Celebrate the Everyday

Hello friends, happy Friday to you!  Bet you're all looking forward to a nice holiday weekend with family and friends.  Whether you're picnicing, camping, going to the beach, playing fireworks, shopping, or just relaxing and enjoying the sun like Nora, I hope you'll have a safe and wonderful 4th of July weekend!

Nora's enjoying the lazy-hazy-crazy days of summer but she's also ready for some challenges, too!

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Check it out!  (use checks, plaid, gingham, etc.)

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Challenge 1, Nice and Girly

By the Cute and Girly - July Challenge, Warm Summer Days

Magical Crafts - Challenge 18, Flower Power

The recipe:

Stamp:  C.C. Designs Swiss Laying Nora digi, Imaginations-cloud, Whiff of Joy-sentiment

Paper:  jillibean soup

Ink:  Memento, Copic markers

Tools:  Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Punches

Other:  flowers from stash, pop dots

Thanks for looking and

have a wonderful weekend!

My Little Shadow

I made this card initially to enter the Sugar Bowl Challenge but when this image reminded me of a dear blogging friend and her adorable little son,  I made it specifically with them in mind and will be sending it to her.  She is a delightfully sweet young lady who always makes me smile and has me forever ROTFLMBO with her comments and emails.   (For my sister who's probably scratching her head and for those of you not familiar with this acronym, it's--"rolling on the floor laughing my butt off!") 

I searched the web to find the right sentiment and was happy to have found this one at Create with TLC.   I thought it fit this image perfectly.  (If you click on the image, you can see the sentiment more clearly.)  If you're looking for digital word art, you may want to visit this website, too.  I'm sure you'll find something you'll like, including a lot of nice freebies!  

Before I published this post, I stopped for dinner and did some blog hopping.  I came across Simon Says Stamp! Challenge...You Gotta Have Friends! and their challenge this week is all about friends and showing them how much we appreciate them with a card.   I hope this card conveys that very sentiment!

The recipe:

Stamp:  Sugarnellie Manga Kids; Create with TLC Digi Sentiment

Paper:  Basic Grey Wisteria

Ink:  Memento, Copic Markers, Distress Ink

Tools:  Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Punch

Other:  Prima flowers; Dew Drops, Charm, Ribbon, Glitter Liner

Have a wonderful day and thanks for looking!

Happy Birthday Cyndi!

Cyndi's celebrating her birthday this week and guess who won her surprise blog candy!  Lookie what she sent me!  Thank you so much Cyndi, I hope you gave grandma a big hug for me for picking my name!  Happy Birthday Cyndi! 

Mama Mia!  You'd think it was my birthday, getting all these surprises!  Mama won my Bikini Honey stamp candy and look what I got in return--her gorgeous shaker card!  How awesome is that, isn't her coloring outstanding!  I LUVLUVLUV this Mama, thank you sooooo much!   You thought you were lucky to win my candy but it turned out I was the lucky one!

Hope you are all having a great week, thanks so much for stopping by!

Wild Card Wednesday

I bought a stamp called Cuddle Anya from Tamiko's a few weeks ago but I  just couldn't come up with a layout.  Then I saw Traci's sketch on Club Anya & Friends, Wild Card Wednesday - It's Sketch Time!  and thought, that's it!    I remembered about some old DP that have been shelved for years (yippie, using some old stash!) and my card came together.  Here's my entry.

The recipe:

Stamp:  The Greeting Farm; CC Designs (sentiment)

Paper:  Making Memories

Ink:  Memento, Copic Markers

Tools:  Fiskars Circle Border Punch

Other:  Making Memories Ribbon, Doodlebug Brads

Thanks for looking and have a great weekend!

and to all the dads, Happy Father's Day!

Feeling Blue Without You

A dear blogging friend gave me this sweet Lala with Heart stamp (thanks Mama!) so I made a card to enter her in La-La's Weekly Wednesday Challenge #42 - The Color Blue.   It ends today so I hope I make the deadline.   Using blue as the predominant color was really a challenge.

The recipe:

Stamp:  La-La Land Crafts

Paper:  Chatterbox

Ink:  Memento, Copic Markers

Tools:  Martha Stewart punch

Other:  Ribbon, flowers, half pearls,  pop dots, computer generated sentiment

I will try to make at least one card a week to keep from going into a slump again.  We'll see.....

Thanks for looking and have a great week!